[Ade Ward]

nice and clean mate..
well done

cheers Ade

[Ade Ward]

thats pretty cool mate..
transforms it!! well done

cheers Ade

[Ade Ward]

yeah would have been better on both doors..
for better spacing and visual looks..
on a positive note the colours look nice..
guess its one of those jobs which just snowballs, we all get them mate.
sometimes the customer thinks they know best regarding layout or design!
we just gotta keep them happy at the end of the day.

cheers
Ade

[Ade Ward]

Really great work Dave
1st class as usual!…. :thumbsup:

cheers
Ade

[Ade Ward]

looks great mate..
very nice indeed

cheers
Ade

[Ade Ward]

Really nice work
..well done

cheers
Ade

[Ade Ward]

Think it would have looked better in line.
i would have made the tel number bigger and email smaller.
we all have different ideas on what a design should look like.
still, not to take away from what is a very well done job.

cheers
Ade 🙂

[Ade Ward]

that looks very nice indeed..
well done..nice work.. :2thumbs:

Ade

[Ade Ward]

Hi Gareth..
Yeah ben said good things mate..said you were mad!!! :lol1: 😛
the company is called Dragon Graphics..

cheers

Ade

[Ade Ward]

maybe he owns a plotter with tracking issues.. 😛
his designer also has designer issues….
and the fitter just has….well, problems!

i agree with Gareth on the so called cheapo chinese plotter issue..
graphtec or wabbit its CRAP work really!!!
dont blame the tools blame the tool who fitted it :lol1:

Ade

[Ade Ward]

hi Gareth
Yeah worked with Ben..
Were you the sign place next unit down to semaphore???
ben joined us from there!
Nice Lad, doing ok there i hear..
came into the vinyl room then went into another department doing just dry mounting..
think he is back in the vinyl room..
They do like to chop and change in semaphore!
I worked with Robert(bob)

yep small world hey!!

Ade

[Ade Ward]

[quote="Gareth Lewis"]Ade,

Hiya Gareth…
Yes it was you..ha thought so…
your the spitting image of yourself!!! ha
yeah started at Dial a sign in 1989, then semaphore bought the company out in april 2003 and i stayed till december 2005..
17 years in total…temporary job!! ha
Worked for a company in merthyr for few months then started up my own venture..

Who do you know in Semaphore??

Ade

[Ade Ward]

[quote="Jonathan McGovern"]hi Ade

Hi mate…
Hows things??
had my polo’s and jackets done by john evans clothing..
http://www.johnevansclothing.com 029 20497780
They do quality gear, price is not bad.. give them a ring..

cheers
Ade

[Ade Ward]

very eye catching!!!
Design must have taken ages… :vomit:

Ade

[Ade Ward]

Hi Gareth
Think it looks great…
yeah phone number is big but hey it will get seen!!!
think i saw you few weeks back in amari llanishen..
either that or you have a twin mate!?!
vehicle rings a bell but had no graphics on

cheers
Ade

[Ade Ward]

very nice work David. 😀

Ade

[Ade Ward]

he is gonna get a mouth full of flys :lol1:
Cracking idea thou, nice one

Ade

[Ade Ward]

A friend of mine says its not a good government its an evil one..
Kids these days know how the system works and know they can do whatever and get a caution!!! basically saying go on do it again.
Its no wonder people take matters into there own hands, the police are powerless…
Some kid set fire to the outside of my office few months ago.
Police knew who it was but could not do anything till he does it again…thats crazy i thought, to make matters worse the station is across the road!! but only a part time station im told.
Crime must be done in office hours now!!! leave a message after the tone.
Its getting crazy…
Councils roam the streets thinking how can we make money out of this and that.
where still waiting for rubbish to be collected after that snow we had, very tempted to take it to there office and dump it on there desk..
You think this country has problems! look at the USA.
There alot of people there now believing that the 911 attacks was
carried out by its own government. some of the footage of those buiding coming down looks like a well planned demolition job i must say, did anyone now that George bushes brother was made head of security for the buildings after sacking a guy who had done the job for over 20 years 6 months before the attacks!!!
Christ i thought our government was bad, if that ever is proven correct they will be putting up signs on white house saying "for sale".

cheers
Ade

[Ade Ward]

all great work.. well done!!

Ade

[Ade Ward]

Great work Peter :2thumbs:

Ade

[Ade Ward]

nice job that, weather can be a pain but we seem to get the job done in the end..well done mate

Ade

[Ade Ward]

Nice n clean job Garrie…well done!

Ade

[Ade Ward]

:thumbsup: great!!

Ade

[Ade Ward]

very nice indeed 😀

Ade

[Ade Ward]

it was mentioned about the delivery times.
they are going to be using another company soon for deliveries.
Mine did arrive next day so will see how we go.

Ade

[Ade Ward]

Cheers all
Yes the rep was Adam.
bought some frosted and various colours in the 4 series.
They were bit cheaper than my usual supplier to :lol1:
Frosted was half the price!!!

Ade

[Ade Ward]

the rep did mention it would be ok for all flat and also slight curves on vehicles…
?? its similar then to the 8300pro range that mactac do.
Think i will give it a go, its gonna be a cheaper price than i have off mactac so thats a good thing, there frosted films are half the price for normal 3-4 year exterior. think there etched is also cheaper that most others. He did mention its made by them so cutting down on the price.
Amari plastics sell mactac so they must take a cut i guess putting the price up slightly.
Ive had set of there swatches for ages so will check there colour range..

cheers both

Ade

[Ade Ward]

nice work jim, the Hillman Imp looks great.
well done……:appl:

Ade

[Ade Ward]

Think best to ask your local chav Gareth, might be tricky getting hold of one during daylight hours, check out any spar or argos doorway, thats where they hang out..
(:)
They only come out in the daytime for there giro. :sleep3:

cheers
Ade

[Ade Ward]

very nice job :2thumbs:

Ade

[Ade Ward]

sorry folks!!!
its been sold.. its due to be chopped down and made into paper. 🙂

[Ade Ward]

your all barking mad :rofl:

[Ade Ward]

what plotter is it lee?

[Ade Ward]

Hi there and welcome
looks nice job.. well done mate 😀

Ade

[Ade Ward]

cheers mate 😀

[Ade Ward]

Yeah very smart indeed!!! 😀

Ade

[Ade Ward]

lets hope they never get into signs, we will all be working for them……………………price check please!!!!!

Ade

[Ade Ward]

quote Lynn:

Hi Ade think I would have left the out line off the text or maybe a fine outline I’m sure it looks different in real life, apart from that job well done. 😀

Lynn

Thanks Lynn 🙂

[Ade Ward]

hi all
thats what i wanted to do Robert, customer didnt want the design down the pillars which is a shame would have looked much better your right
know what you mean on both points thou..

cheers both

[Ade Ward]

Nice work Gareth :2thumbs:
Hair do needs work thou mate, maybe you could use a hair dryer to restyle it…the first head wrap??? 🙂

cheers
Ade

[Ade Ward]

well!!! maybe a nice matching scarf and hat set. :lol1:

[Ade Ward]

yep dry here to..
sometimes a very fine mist and thats about it.
all depends on how good your technique is really, doing things dry for someone with limited experience can be tricky, wet does allow for that, but drying times can cause problems to..
Trial and error really.

Ade

[Ade Ward]

Would this new vista software work on my sinclair spectrum +!!!
its the one with the tape machine..top of the range in the 80s.. not the rubber key model thats naff :lol1: :rofl:

Ade

[Ade Ward]

quote Gareth Lewis:

Comment seconded. By the way, lovely weather in Cardiff lately, eh Ade? Just done a van today that’s been waiting since October for a fine day. Tch.

Hi Gareth..
Tropical welsh weather with a touch of wind and rain!!
Seems where doomed for another week with this rain..
Know how you feel, had to put a few off to.. awfull weather for
us sign people.
2 trucks turned over on the a470 i heard.. barmy init
Hope its better soon so we can get out there, i have a set of wellies for sale by the way… :lol1: ha
Thank god our nice priced plotters are water proof!!!!!!! lol
cheers Gareth

Ade

[Ade Ward]

Hi Peter
I back Gareths comments about the plotters from china, likewise i use plotters from china and they work fine, think its a vector x or refine, i have used lots of different makes over the years some costing a few grand but i will say the plotters from china are very good quality for the money. I have never used a creation thou so cant comment on them.
You could buy a cheaper plotter that would serve you well for now while you build up some funds and move up a level to a more expensive model.
Might even save yourself some money and find the plotter from china
is working well and doing the job.. Gareth will second that comment for sure.

good luck
Ade 😎

[Ade Ward]

Hi David and welcome….loads of great people and info here.

cheers Ade

[Ade Ward]

Hi Lee and welcome

Ade

[Ade Ward]

Hi Will and welcome..
I joined recently to, there a great bunch and very helpfull (-)
sorry Andy did i miss my round..was it my turn :lol1: you should have said!!!!
i will get the next after Will who wants a drink *drink* 🙄

[Ade Ward]

think your right mate.
I rate clarke.. cracking player. aussies version of flintoff maybe???
Saying that Shane warne is a great with the bat to…great allrounder.
i was sure england would beat them,they have old team etc, still class is everything and your lot have tons of it.
Think your gonna struggle losing warne thou, he cant be replaced and never will he had a mental hold on players and was more like a fast bowler he scared them to death..love watching him bowl..
think anyone who likes cricket is sad he is retiring..
thing is that other spinner is only 30 odd wickets behind him..
i would have liked to see warne get another 100 wickets and finish the best ever think he will be overtaken by that ball chucker!! lol
as much as i hate to say it im gonna miss glen to. hope he becomes englands next bowling coach…imagine that!! :lol1:

[Ade Ward]

Hi Chris
Yep thats your problem i think to…running from the laptop to plotter.
its strange, pc will sort is thou, comm to comm is best.
plotter is fine its the lead itself i expect, had same problems here.
artcut will run it ok. only saying that another software program will do it better i think. didnt cost much for mine, bought off ebay all boxed etc not a copy like people sell on there..you got to be so careful.

hope it goes ok now chris..all the best

cheers
Ade 😉

[Ade Ward]

thanks for that Nigel 😀

cheers

Ade

[Ade Ward]

heres a question every aussie is asking?
who will replace shane warne and old glen in the aussie cricket team?? (chat.) mr ponting? :banghead: :lol1: :drink4:

I think Warne should stay on and get 1000wickets
and retire just before the next ashes series 2009
England will be hoping be does for sure..lol
and thats coming from a welshmen!!

Ade 😀

[Ade Ward]

yeah nigel is gonna send me the demo…cheers alan
never i got into signlab or flexi either but i thought that about corel and im loving that software now.
think it comes with using one software for so long, i used gerber for many years, its great just so expensive.
Just want a package i can use along side corel so will give vmp a go.

cheers

Ade

[Ade Ward]

Hi both
That sounds like a communication problem!
you using it from a pc or a laptop?
i had many problems running plotter from a laptop using the usb to comm adaptor cable that i bought.
That also used to work fine for awhile then just stop or cut a line normally resulting in me bouncing off walls cause its just ruined loads of vinyl so i know how you feel there..
i doubt general t shirt info is gonna be to much for it to handle..
i found artcut didnt help much i bought different software…winpcsign and its fine, thou i now only use it direct from the pc, still artcut is not the best.
Contact the people you bought plotter from..

Ade

[Ade Ward]

quote Nigel Pugh – Grafityp:

I can throw you a demo cd if you want to check it out, just email me your address.

ok will do..cheers nigel

[Ade Ward]

quote Gareth Lewis:

Hello there Ade,

I’m in Cardiff too! Did I get this wrong or are you self employed? How are you finding things? I’ve been REALLY busy lately but WALLOP! now it’s so quiet….. where has everybody gone…..

This site is amazing by the way.

Cheers

Gareth

Hi there gareth
Hope your well
Yeah,
yeah its gone bit slower.. still its xmas there all in town spending money they should be spending on signs… :banghead: lol

Ade

[Ade Ward]

Hi all

Corel draw 12 is very good and i hated it for many years with a passion..(:) wanted to destroy it many times..ha
I was using gerber advantage from spandex for many years, had a go at corel draw but found it tricky and long winded at times.
some people swear by it and i used to swear at it!!
This year i have got really into it since going on my own and its
really not bad(did i just say that!) just needed time getting head around it after using gerber software for 17 years it a drag changing but hey im not paying spandex price for software.
Corel does the lot for me at the moment.

Ade

[Ade Ward]

Hi again Adam
Just had a look on ebay at that dragon plotter, it looks abit like mine, same control display for sure..could just be a rebrand, give the number a ring, plus try the guy i mentioned he might know.

Ade

[Ade Ward]

Hi Adam

Ive been using a vector x / refine plotter for a few months, again these
are lower end of the market machines. it came with art-cut which is poor!! but with any other good software the plotter runs great. i use Corel drawl 12 for design and winpcsign to cut.. works nice
It cuts fine for the money i paid. I have used expensive plotters but some
were utter crap at times, poor tracking even when set up right.
Many of the big boys in the plotter industry like to give these so called cheaper plotters a good kick i expect from time to time.
I had a few tiny problems at first but its working fine, it not as quick as the expensive models i agree but it cuts nice curves and runs smooth.
Like Gareth said in his post they need playing with sometimes to get the best, but once that is done there work horses.
All depends on how much u want to spend. i didnt want to pay out £2000 for one at the moment.
I have not heard of the one you mentioned but you might be able to get some info on the net, many plotters in this range are re-branded…
have another look on ebay, lots of offers there, the sellers are helpfull to most of the time…Ring JOHN CROWE ON : 07973 361722 he is helpful and sells REFINE plotters on ebay and there nice machines..sure he can give some advise.

cheers
Ade